{"id":3859,"date":"2025-04-15T06:02:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T06:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3859"},"modified":"2025-04-15T06:02:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T06:02:18","slug":"blue-origin-ns-31-launch-gayle-king-and-lauren-sanchez-respond-to-criticism-following-historic-all-female-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3859","title":{"rendered":"Blue Origin NS-31 launch: Gayle King and Lauren S\u00e1nchez respond to criticism following historic all-female mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Gayle King and Lauren S\u00e1nchez have addressed recent criticism surrounding their participation in Blue Origin\u2019s NS-31 mission, which marked a significant milestone as the first all-female crewed flight in the company\u2019s history. <\/p>\n<p>The NS-31 flight included notable figures such as singer Katy Perry, rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, scientist Amanda Nguyen, and film producer Kerianne Flynn.\u00a0The brief yet symbolic suborbital flight took place on April 14 and lasted approximately 11 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: AFP<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the journey, CBS Mornings presenter Gayle King highlighted the broader impact of the mission. &#8220;Anybody that\u2019s criticizing it doesn\u2019t really understand what is happening here,&#8221; she told People. &#8220;We can all speak to the response we&#8217;re getting from young women from young girls about what this represents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Critics including actress Olivia Munn and comedian Amy Schumer questioned the purpose and cost of the mission.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>King acknowledged such perspectives but emphasised the symbolic value and outreach potential. \u201cThis is so much bigger than one man and one company,\u201d she noted, referring to Bezos\u2019s involvement. \u201cYou can do this on one hand and this on the other hand, and both things can be true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lauren S\u00e1nchez, a former news anchor and partner of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, also responded to the commentary. &#8220;I would love to have them come to Blue Origin and see the thousands of employees that don&#8217;t just work here but they put their heart and soul into this vehicle,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The mission was conducted using Blue Origin\u2019s New Shepard rocket, a fully autonomous vehicle designed for suborbital human spaceflight.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gayle King and Lauren S\u00e1nchez have addressed recent criticism surrounding their participation in Blue Origin\u2019s NS-31 mission, which marked a significant milestone as the first all-female crewed flight in the company\u2019s history. The NS-31 flight included notable figures such as singer Katy Perry, rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, scientist Amanda Nguyen, and film producer Kerianne Flynn.\u00a0The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3859\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}